Al Gore Begged Trump to Stay in Paris Accords

In a comical turn of events, climate change crusader and former Vice President Al Gore has gone from hectoring the country and the world about his beliefs with a fellow believer in the White House to begging President Donald Trump to remain in the Paris climate accord.

On Tuesday morning, Gore called President Trump to ask him to remain with the international agreement ostensibly created to “climate change,” according to the website Axios, which cited a source familiar with the situation.

“Mr. Gore made the case for why the U.S. should stay in the agreement and meet our commitments,” the source said according to Axios.

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Not only did Gore reach out in defense of the accord, the report stated, but “this is not the first time he’s been in touch with the president and others in the administration about this issue.”

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that the White House will not make a decision on the issue until after the Group of 7 summit in late May, according to Axios.

But let’s take a moment and think about this.

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Here we have President Trump, a man famed for negotiation and, well, winning — and another man, Gore, who is really a joke and has been for quite some time.

On the bright side, negotiation is something of a lost art among Democrats right now. Regardless of whether Trump abandons or remains with the Paris climate accord, this is the first time in a long time we’ve seen a prominent liberal come to Trump and try to work a deal.

On the other hand, the liberal in question is Al Gore — who hasn’t been right about anything since he called George W. Bush to concede the presidential 2000 election and then called again and took it back. The chances that a guy like that is going to convince Trump of anything are somewhere between slim and none.

Still, it could be a small sign that Democrats are accepting the new normal. They lost the election presidency, just like Gore did in 2000, and now they to talk with the president in the Whites House, not scream.